John Chapter 12 verse 43 Holy Bible
for they loved the glory `that is' of men more than the glory `that is' of God.
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For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
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for they loved glory from men rather than glory from God.
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For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
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for they loved men's praise more than God's praise.
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for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 43. - The generalization is given as a reason, For they loved the glory (δόξα, very nearly in the original Greek use of the word," opinion," "good reputation") of men, very much more (ἤπερ, another New Testament, ἅπαξ λεγόμενον, occurring in the narrative portion of John, and a mode in which the negative force of the ἤ is heightened; see Meyer, Jelf, p. 779, and English edition of Wirier, p. 549) than the glory of God. The form of the expressions, "of God' and "of men," is different from the παρὰ τοῦ μόνου Θεοῦ and παρὰ ἀλλήλων of John 5:44, and the statement is apparently inconsistent with the declaration that those in such a state of mind "could not believe." Moulton suggests that the glory here thought of by the apostle was the "glory" of ver. 41 - the glory of the union of the Redeemer with his people, the glory of suffering and death. The reference to Isaiah 6. appears to be the true solution. The glory of God himself in his awful holiness was of less interest than the glory of the Sanhedrin and the approval of the world. Alas! this glory is nearer, more obvious and has more to do with tangible, sensuous, advantages, than the Divine approval.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(43) For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.--For "praise" read in both instances glory. "The glory which comes from men more than the glory which came from God." Comp. Note on John 5:44, where the truth is put in the form of a question by our Lord. Here it explains the fact that there were men who believed, and yet did not publicly confess their faith. There our Lord's question goes deeper, and asserts that the seeking of the glory which comes from men is inconsistent with the existence of any true belief in God.
